December 11, 2016

You jack and jills ready to get hip to the jive man? Well, because we are going to explore the the slang language that was used by those cool groovy cats known as Beatniks, otherwise known as the Beat Generation.

Throughout our culture you may have heard this language used to describe a stereotypical image of a "slacker" or "hippie", carrying with it negative images and messages. Well don't let that hype get ya ichy!! (don't believe that), because most of this language came from bright, artistic, intellectual people who decided to live their lives differently than the rest of society and in the process created their own language.

You will be surprised to see how much of this language we still speak today, and we don't even notice it.

1. Zonk on the head
A bad thing. "It stormed all night and we lost power, but the real zonk on the head was when hail broke the bedroom window."